Highland Valley set to go
Union workers at Canada’s largest copper mine, Highland Valley Copper, near Kamloops, B.C., have voted 86% in favour of a 5-year offer that ties wages to the price of copper.The deal ends a stalemate …
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Eastmain drills at Bathurst
Eastmain Resources (ER-T) has begun a 2,000-metre drill program on its Tingley Brook property, near Bathurst, N.B. The project comprises 190 claims in the southern portion of the Bathurst mining camp….
Cominco makes discovery
Drilling by Cominco (CLT-T) has revealed high-grade, zinc-lead mineralization 6 miles north of the company’s Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska.The results point to a flat-lying zone that is still op…
Pamour gold mine to remain open – for now
The union at the Ontario division of insolvent Royal Oak Mines has staved off a move by the company’s receiver to close the Pamour and Nighthawk operations, near Timmins, Ont.Receiver Price Waterhouse…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Gold demand on the rise
Gold demand continued to increase in the second quarter of 1999, according to a report from the World Gold Council.Total demand in 27 markets was 809.5 tonnes, up 16% over the second three months of 1…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Anderson’s folly — ESA nightmare
Since taking the post as Canada’s environment minister following a recent cabinet shuffle, David Anderson has wasted no time launching a proposal that would make it a criminal offence to destroy endan…
PEOPLE — Cypango
William Dynes appointed president; Feisal Somji appointed director.
Rubicon tables results from Palmer drilling
Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has released more encouraging drill results from the newly discovered RW sulphide zone on the Palmer property, near Haines, Alaska.Hole 11 returned an average grade of 4.9% zi…
Rio Narcea drills record hole
Drilling by Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) at its El Valle mine in northern Spain has uncovered what appears to be a shallow, high-grade zone of mineralization. The 10-hole program is testing a previou…
PEOPLE — Battle Mountain (September 06, 1999)
Karl Elers appointed CEO; John Keyes appointed president and COO.
PEOPLE — Altoro
Steve Swatton appointed director.
PEOPLE — Aber
Wanda Costuros appointed CFO.